The 2019 Pinot Noir Sealift comes from the Sonoma Coast and fits in nicely in the lineup, offering subtle cherry and strawberry fruits, medium body, juicy, vibrant acidity, and classic flower and sappy herb notes. Revealing a kiss of salty seaside air with time in the glass, it will benefit from a year or two in bottle and keep through 2029.

Always a fruit-forward, sexy, incredibly charming wine, the 2018 Prequel Red Wine is no exception and sports a dense purple hue as well as smoky, meaty notes of blackberries, cured meats, peppery herbs, and chocolate. It's rich, full-bodied, and mouth-filling while staying balanced and light on its feet. It's a killer barbecue wine to enjoy over the coming 4-5 years.

Based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, the 2018 Bootleg Red Wine is another fruit-forward, delicious, satisfying red from this estate. Coming all from Napa Valley fruit, its deep purple hue is followed by loads of blue and black fruits as well as notes of chocolate, scorched earth, and tobacco. A big, mouth-filling, chewy, lengthy wine, it's going to pair nicely with red meat and should keep for 7-8 years, although it's not a wine I'd recommend aging.

Cut from the same cloth as the 2018, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale has lots of cassis and blue fruits as well as ample background oak, graphite, crushed stone, and violet-like aromas and flavors. These all carry to a medium-bodied Cabernet with wonderful purity, the straight, focused style of the vintage, some obvious minerality, and a great finish. The balance is spot on, and it has building yet ripe tannins as well as a great finish. Drink this beautiful Cabernet any time over the coming 10-15 years.

An elegant Cali Cab with great natural acidity lifting up the core of fruit as it’s framed by a prominent tannin structure. This wine can still age another five or more years, but right now, it’s singing with balance.

Nice, rich, and aromatic on the nose. Smells like a faint whiff of caramelized pears and fancy French bistro butter. The palate has excellent balance with frothy acidity and a comfy, grippy mouthfeel. Great to just sip on its own or with some hard cheeses.

This has a distinctive, red-berry and confectionary nose with some ripe, intense, sweet and fleshy raspberry and red-plum flavors on the palate. Pastry-like layers to close. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

This broad-shouldered red is structured with brooding raspberry and pomegranate flavors that draw in black tea and bay leaf flavors, building tension toward medium-grained tannins. Hands off for now. Drink now through 2028.

This straw-colored Chardonnay is very impressive. It opens with an inviting pineapple and lemon zest bouquet with a hint of green apple. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, well-balanced and very smooth. The flavor profile is a gentle mineral and mild oak influenced pineapple. I also detected hints of green apple and butter mixed in. The finish is dry and its flavors linger nicely. This Chard would pair well with a chicken and wild mushroom ravioli in a light butter cream sauce.

A soft, delicate, restrained wine with aromas of white flowers and a whiff of almond meal. Cashew-nutty too. A more straightforward style and a trifle short on the finish compared to other vineyards. It's remarkably backward and restrained considering it’s the lowest altitude vineyard and earliest harvested. (100m altitude, south-facing)

Merlot - Always Friendly, Never One to Tout Its PopularityInky dark in color with a nose smellng of dark chocolate and eucalyptus, this is an incredibly polished yet very, very powerful Napa Valley wine. Chalky but fine tannins focus the palate, but it's the pleasant acidic lift on the back palate that gives this wine drinkability. Concentrated and bold yet suave, this will be one to swoon for at a steakhouse table. It wouldn't hurt to give it a bit more bottle age, even though it is going-on five years old. Mulberries and black plums line the lingering, slightly warm finish.

Smoky, ripe strawberry and warming Christmas cake tones, complemented by rosehip, sappy cherry fruit and chalky minerality.

A supple and sultry red wine that is brimming in baking spice and tannin, this small-production wine shows the appellation’s funk and earthiness to great effect. Tree bark, tea and a bit of barnyard work well within a generously full-bodied context of concentration and dense red fruit.

Earthy and herbal in cedar, pencil shaving and sage, this wine has thick, firm tannin structure and an enduring elegance. Full bodied, it holds its power in check, with rich layers of cigar and dark chocolate leading to a seamless finish.

Rounded, with substantial, elongated tannin, this is a richly layered, concentrated wine that expertly showcases the appellation in its embrace of dark blue and black fruit, cola, tea and baking spice.

Showing earthy, foresty complexity already, this has red cherries and a spicy thread, as well as leafy tones. The palate is quite open and fluid and builds a gently grainy tannin texture at the finish. Drink or hold.

Vibrant, expressive and spicy, with fresh raspberry, cherry and pomegranate flavors, and notes of toasted cumin, cardamom, sage and dried orange zest that linger on the finish, where details of loam emerge. Drink now through 2035.

The Bordeaux outpost of the Jackson family winery has produced a rich wine in this vintage. It is structured with swathes of ripe black fruits. The tannins promise some serious aging for this complex ripe wine with its solid texture. Drink from 2023.

Attractive violet and blueberry aromas here with cassis and gentle herbal accents. The palate is smooth and velvety with a plush and open-knit feel. This has ample, fleshy dark-cherry flavor. Drink now.

Inviting notes of warm brioche, honeysuckle and candied orange peel are layered with flavors of green fig, melon and salted almond in this elegant white. Bright acidity is lightly mouthwatering and refreshing throughout, defining the lush and lingering, spiced finish.

Rich and toasty, a medium-bodied white, with a lush range of glazed apple, smoky grilled brioche, lemon curd and candied ginger notes reined in by sleek, well-knit acidity. The lasting finish is lightly mouthwatering, with pretty lime blossom and flint notes. Drink now through 2026.

There is a certain freshness and fragrance that captures an essence of this grape that I really like, and that many Napa cabs sometimes miss. It is that lifted blackcurrant, minty/caper greenness, tobacco nicely fitted with oak vanillin and cedar. There is excellent complexity here. It is full bodied, fairly open knit and a touch juicy, with some green tannin. The length is excellent. Moving into a good drinking window, and should hold five years.

Fine-textured, with good lift to the luscious pear tart and apple pastry flavors. Plenty of toast notes midpalate lead to a long, spicy finish, with tropical fruit and buttery nuances. Drink now through 2025.

This is a little more ready to drink than the 2010 vintage at this point, but still delivers plenty of rich, fleshy black fruits through the mid palate. A little tight at first, but as it settles in the glass, a sweetness to the fruit becomes clearer, with blackberry puree and vanilla bean, along with a juicy hawthorn savoury finish. An early harvest in this vintage, but doesn't feel like an overly hot vintage in terms of its fruit character.

Cassis and blackberry laced with cumin, turmeric and saffron - these are plenty of tannins here even at 11 years old, but they are melted into the body of the wine. As it opens, a slate minerality tugs underneath, adding texture to the close of play and suggesting there is plenty of life ahead. An unusual blend, with higher Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, thanks to a hail storm in May that took out a sizeable section of Merlot grapes, and left a yield of around 22hl/ha.